Updated 12:50 pm, Friday, December 28, 2012

Snowfall totals have been revised upward, with 4 to 8 inches now forecast for a wide swath of the state, and 3 to 6 inches expected along the shore and in the northwest hills of Litchfield County.

Extreme eastern Connecticut could see more than 8 inches, WTNH-TV meteorologist Gil Simmons said. The storm will still leave the state looking more like a Currier and Ives engraving than an Arctic expedition.

Simmons had called for between 1 and 4 inches for much of the state in his early morning forecast, but said he revised it after studying computer models that show a closer track to Connecticut and a more intensive system.

The snowfall will move from west to east across the state, beginning between 10 a.m. and noon and winding down about 8 hours later. "This is not a large storm, but there will be snow everywhere in the state, even along the I-95 corridor,'' the WTNH meteorologist said.

The National Weather Service, meanwhile, continued to call for between 1 and 3 inches of light, flurry snow, but hadn't updated its forecast since 3:30 a.m. Friday.

Today, though, is clear and cold, with a stiff wind from the northwest making it seem even colder. Although temperatures are in the upper 20s throughout the region at 6:30 a.m., the wind chill makes it really feel like 19 degrees in Milford and 16 in Shelton.

Temperatures will climb above freezing during the day Friday and drop about 10 degrees at night. Sunday and Monday will be dry and cold, and New Year's Day will be slightly warmer, with a high temperature in the mid-30s, under partly cloudy skies.

The outlook for New Year's Eve is cold with temperatures dipping in the teens after the sun sets on 2012.